The 2026 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin was a single-make motor racing championship, the 22nd season of the Mazda MX-5 Cup and the sixth sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The series began on January 21 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on October 2 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after 14 rounds.

Jeremy Fletcher was the defending champion, having won the title in 2025.

Schedule The schedule was announced on July 7, 2025, featuring 14 rounds across seven double-header weekends.

RoundCircuitLocationDatesSupporting1R1Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FloridaJanuary 21–23IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipR22R3Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FloridaFebruary 27–March 1IndyCar SeriesR43R5Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OhioJune 5–7Michelin Pilot ChallengeR64R7Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Bowmanville, Ontario, CanadaJuly 10–12IMSA SportsCar ChampionshipR85R9Virginia International Raceway Alton, VirginiaAugust 20–23R106R11Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, IndianaSeptember 18–20R127R13Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, GeorgiaSeptember 30–October 2R14Source:

Entry list All competitors utilize the Mazda MX-5 Cup car, modified to their homologated racing specification by Flis Performance. TeamNo.DriverClassRounds BSI Racing 09 Damon Ockey 2–4 6 Spencer Bucknum 5–7 7 Tristan McKee 1–3, 6–7 Helio Meza 4 Lanie Buice 5 15 Massimo Sunseri 3–4 28 Gianni Maiuro 5–7 32 Christian Hodneland 2–6 44 Bobby Gossett All 57 Tyler Gonzalez 1 67 Amilio DiLauro 3 72 Ethan Goulart 1–2 77 Ellie Gossett All 80 Ethan Tyler 1–3, 6 86 Farhan Siddiqi 1 95 Julian DaCosta 1, 3–7 James Vance 2 Wheels America Racing 3 Max Stallone All 97 Race Oliver 7 98 Logan Stretch All JTR Motorsports Engineering 5 Gresham Wagner 1–5 8 Justin Gravett 1–5, 7 26 Peter Atwater 1–3, 5–7 34 John Salerno All 46 Christopher Allen 1 Michael O'Dell 3 66 Jameson Riley 1–2, 7 69 Glenn McGee All 81 Chris Hutter 1–3 82 Woody Heimann 1, 3 96 Jared Thomas All Advanced Autosports 9 Vaughn Mishko 1–4 11 Matt Novak All 24 William Wallis 5 55 Cam Ebben All 56 Nathan Nicholson All 31 Ethan Lampe 1–4 Hendricks Motorsports 5–7 12 Noah Harmon 1, 4–5, 7 21 Westin Workman 1 Earl Bamber 2 Luke Pullen 3, 6 Aidan Shimbashi 4 McCumbee McAleer Racing 15 Eli Dysart 6 17 Joe Rainey 1, 3 18 Seth Tozer 5–6 22 Jeremy Fletcher All 23 Justin Adakonis All 30 Joey Rainey 1 51 Will Robinson 1–3, 5–7 Carlton MacFarland 4 38 Sébastien Bourdais 2 Marcello Paniccia 3–6 Saito Motorsports Group 19 1–2 Lincoln Larson 5 Gavin Vaughan 7 29 Ethan Goulart 5, 7 39 Michelle Squirek 5AAG Racing 25 Fernando Luque 1–2 60 Chuck Mactutus 1–2 Spark Performance 33 Alex Bachoura 1–2 Capers Zentmeyer 5 48 Frankie Barroso All 50 Grant West 1–5 89 Ryan Leach 1–5 84 Ruben Caceres Jr. 1–2 Caceres Racing 88 3Rocksteady Racing 40 Brian Dombroski AllParker Delong Racing 41 Jenson Mechelke 5–7 42 Parker DeLong All 43 Charlotte Traynor All 45 Mark Brummond 5JDH Racing 71 Ben Jacobs 1–4 99 Ethan Jacobs AllSource: = Eligible for Rookie's Championship

Race results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 1 1 Daytona #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #69 JTR Motorsports Engineering #12 Hendricks Motorsports Jeremy Fletcher Glenn McGee Noah Harmon R2#69 JTR Motorsports Engineering#5 JTR Motorsports Engineering#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Glenn McGee Gresham Wagner Jeremy Fletcher 2 1 St. Petersburg#11 Advanced Autosports#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering#44 BSI Racing Matt Novak Jared Thomas Bobby Gossett R2#23 McCumbee McAleer Racing#96 JTR Motorsports Engineering#23 McCumbee McAleer Racing Justin Adakonis Jared Thomas Justin Adakonis 3 1 Mid-Ohio#23 McCumbee McAleer Racing#95 BSI Racing#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing Justin Adakonis Julian DaCosta Jeremy Fletcher R2#95 BSI Racing#56 Advanced Motorsports#23 McCumbee McAleer Racing Julian DaCosta Nathan Nicholson Justin Adakonis 4 1 Mosport#11 Advanced Autosports#42 Parker DeLong Racing#44 BSI Racing Matt Novak Parker DeLong Bobby Gosstt R2#11 Advanced Autosports#9 Advanced Autosports#31 Hendricks Motorsports Matt Novak Vaughn Mishko Ethan Lampe 5 1 Virginia#24 Advanced Autosports#96 JTR Motersports Engineering #23 McCumbee McAleer Racingwilliam wallis Jared ThomasJustin adakonis R2#22 McCumbee McAleer Racing#12 Hendricks Motersport#12 Hendricks Motersport Jeremy FletcherNoah HarmonNoah Harmon 6 1 Indianapolis#56 Advanced Motersport#31 Hendricks Motersports #44 BSI Racing Nathan NicholsonEthan LampeBobbie Gosstt R2#96 JTR Motersports Engineering #56 Advanced Motersport #56 Advanced Motersport Jared ThomasNathan nicholsonNathan nicholson 7 1 Road Atlanta R2

Championship standings Points system Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Position123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930+Points350320300280260250240230220210200190180170160150140130120110100908070605040302010

Driver's championship IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season. Pos.Driver DAY STP MDO MOS VIR IND ATLBonusPoints 1 Justin Adakonis 2 10 35 1 5 1 30 2110 2 Bobby Gossett 3 33 1 3 11 21 20 1950 3 Jared Thomas 4 35 2 2 2 35 20 1750 4 Frankie Barroso 11 32 5 5 12 6 0 1670 5 Ethan Jacobs 14 11 10 35 4 2 0 1440 6 Nathan Nicholson 7 31 18 6 9 7 10 1430 7 Marcello Paniccia 8 23 25 20 8 19 0 1400 8 Cam Ebben 22 20 19 14 26 5 0 1310 9 Jeremy Fletcher 42 1 4 38 1 18 30 1260 10 Parker DeLong 9 36 15 21 6 27 10 1250 11 John Salerno 20 18 13 15 16 11 0 1210 12 Justin Gravett 44 12 23 19 18 9 0 1180 13 Gresham Wagner 41 5 9 7 3 30 20 1170 14 Ethan Lampe 29 4 33 40 7 12 10 1120 15 Matt Novak 34 16 3 39 20 4 20 1040 16 Tristan McKee 17 6 7 10 17 29 0 1020 17 Ethan Tyler 12 8 21 12 10 28 0 980 18 Julian DaCosta 5 43 21 3 20 900 19 Glenn McGee 16 37 14 36 19 33 20 900 20 Grant West 10 38 6 27 13 13 0 890 21 Noah Harmon 1 41 0 800 22 Max Stallone 45 26 17 18 15 14 0 770 23 Logan Stretch 43 21 38 30 38 10 0 740 24 Will Robinson 23 13 12 31 25 15 0 700 25 Ryan Leach 35 22 16 32 36 25 0 630 26 Vaughn Mishko 15 30 39 16 37 34 10 620 27 Ellie Gossett 32 24 40 29 24 22 0 580 28 Charlotte Traynor 40 25 28 26 34 23 0 570 29 Christian Hodneland 20 13 27 31 0 560 30 Brian Dombroski 33 29 24 23 30 17 0 550 31 Ruben Caceres Jr. 19 3 37 25 35 37 0 530 32 Ethan Goulart 37 9 32 11 0 460 33 Westin Workman 6 14 0 420 34 Alex Bachoura 25 15 29 17 0 420 35 Jameson Riley 27 45 11 22 0 370 36 Massimo Sunseri 22 24 0 370 37 Tyler Gonzalez 36 2 10 340 38 James Vance 22 8 0 340 39 Chuck Mactutus 24 7 34 37 0 330 40 Helio Meza 0 310 41 Amilio DiLauro 23 8 0 310 42 Damon Ockey 36 33 31 26 0 300 43 Fernando Luque 21 17 31 34 0 270 44 Aidan Shimbashi 0 230 45 Christopher Allen 13 39 0 190 46 Luke Pullen 14 32 0 180 47 Michael O’Dell 28 16 0 180 48 Peter Atwater 18 28DNSDNSDNSDNS 0 160 49 Woody Heimann 38 44 29 20 0 150 50 Ben Jacobs 39 34 26 28 32 36DNSDNS 0 150 51 Chris Hutter 30 40 30 24DNSDNS 0 140 52 Joey Rainey 31 19 0 130 53 Joe Rainey 28 27 33DNS 0 80 54 Farhan Siddiqi 26 42 0 60 55 Carlton MacFarlane 0 20 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Earl Bamber 8 4 Sébastien Bourdais 27 9 Pos. Driver DAY STP MDO MOS VIR IND ATL Bonus PointsBold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

Underline = Most Laps Led †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

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